nope juanne,i haven’t started biology.it’s chemistry instead.despite the early start,i’m not sure whether i can do well for the next test let alone during the exams.my dad has told my mum to ensure that i study most of the day.thanks to her spy (my sis!!!),she knows whether i’ve been really studying or staring at the same page of my notes.

once in a while (haha…this happens more than once in a day), i’ll take a break from the self-induced mental torture.during this 10 minute break (more like 10 minutes times 10 for a break session),i’ll seek comfort in food,blogs and my PS (sadly,i’ve completed batman begins…i don’t have any new games to complete…don’t tell me to complete prince of persia,ang…you know damn well i need a non-faulty controller to stay alive and complete the puzzles).i got a curfew at night (11.30pm) so i can’t really go out.ish!!!

“try not to finish it by dinner”

oh my god!!!my mum made yogurt!!!haha.technically its 80% fruits and 20% (not creamy) yogurt but i don’t care.it would be gone by dinner no matter what my mum said.

haha.if i were to be stranded on a deserted island ala robinson crusoe, i can survive with just oreos.oh ya,i want my greek goddess for company instead of man-Friday.i can make little sachin-s with my greek goddess.with man-friday,i can…err….teach him english???i’d rather have either a female companion or no companion at all than a male companion.i don’t want my anus to be penetrated at all.

my mum has chilled/iced/cold/frozen durian in the fridge.she calls it durian ice cream when it’s more like popsicles.i love durians anyway so i just defrost them and gobble them up.haha.i’m so greedy.

there were five containers.i was the culprit.i did it.it was me!!

anyway,during my lunch break on that very particular day,i’ve decided to experiment with food.i had the stuff i needed anyway.haha.

oreos with yogurt.that’s normal for me.

haha.this time there were lots of fruits.

what happens when durian suddenly appear out of nowhere and added into the equation???you’ll get…..

THIS!!!!!ahahaha.ian by now should have gone “what the f***???? siao siam kia”.let me tell you this:it’s not bad.haha.yeah.it tasted good actually.but this is just the beginning.

it’s inevitable.oreos+yogurt+durian!!!!haha.all i can say is…………

NOW I KNOW WHY THERE’S NO DURIAN-FLAVOURED YOGURT ON THE MARKET!!!!!

haha.failed experiment.tak sedap.bu hao chi.bo ho jiak.haha.this will go down into my list of failed food combos list which currently only includes kopi ais laici (wtf!!!!).ahahaha.

do not ever leave me alone with oreos and your refrigerator.things might get pretty ugly (wow…i used an oxymoron).

You are the total package - suave, sexy, smart, and strong.
You have the whole world under your spell, and you can influence almost everyone you know.
You don't always resist your urges to crush the weak. Just remember, they don't have as much going for them as you do.

You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection.
You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.
You have the classic "Type A" personality.

You are very open. You communicate well, and you connect with other people easily.
You are a naturally creative person. Ideas just flow from your mind.
A true chameleon, you are many things at different points in your life. You are very adaptable.

You are truly an original person. You have amazing ideas, and the power to carry them out.
Success comes rather easily for you... especially in business and academia.
Some people find you to be selfish and a bit overbearing. You're a strong person.

You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing.
You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long.
You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.

You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people.
You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts.
You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals.

You are a seeker of knowledge, and you have learned many things in your life.
You are also a keeper of knowledge - meaning you don't spill secrets or spread gossip.
People sometimes think you're snobby or aloof, but you're just too deep in thought to pay attention to them.

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You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together.
At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together.

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You're sometimes a little guilty of being greedy. Spread your luck around a little to people who need it.

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You tend to travel often, to fairly random locations. You're most comfortable when you're far away from home.
You are quite passionate and easily tempted. Your impulses sometimes get you into trouble.

yvonne’s birthday was on the 23rd of june but yuki decided to bring forward the celebration on the 21st instead.we went for dinner at Miss U Cafe.

i had garlic biscuits.don’t let looks deceive you.it looks like garlic bread but it tastes like garlic biscuits.ehehe

tomyam fried rice.it tastes much better than the one in my college.it’s cheaper too.i was having something light because i just munched on cookie crisps while watching shin chan (ntv7,saturdays at 7pm).

this is my choice of drink these days:iced sky juice/plain water/filtered tap water/maybe-not-filtered-at-all tap water etc etc.i guess i should start cutting my sugar intake to slow down diabetes.

yvonne’s cake.i didn’t have the chance to taste it.i forgot all about it until my mum asked me, “how was the cake???”.aiyo.

winnie was having dirty thoughts at the time when i took her photo.ahahaha.i wonder why ian keeps complaining about not being able to get shots of winnie.

winnie had to light the candles.she went to the counter and borrowed a lighter within a split second.it seems that all is going well until……

she had problems lighting the candles.haha.she blamed the fan.

haha.i gave her a gift that no money in the world can buy.hehe.i doubt that anyone could find the SAME,EXACT COPY of the gift.i’m so proud of myself!!!!oh ya.jacob,i want a green watch for my birthday.hehe.a special thank you to ang for his liverpool pencil case.

j-cyn having a good time with yuki.she came from kalai’s birthday party.i went there too and wanted to stay but the big fat b*tch,melissa was there.the sight was so disgusting that i wished kalai a happy birthday and rushed out of pizza hut without eating a slice.

snow white is leaving for taylor’s next week.i bet someone studying nearby should be extremely happy.hehe.

jeeyan left for banting to pursue her IB.she was with glenn in johor until she found out that she got JPA.so she left.i wonder how’s glenn doing there.hmmmm

i never got an ‘A’ in arts ever by my own effort.my first ‘A’ in secondary school (in arts) was yvonne’s work.she helped me draw and colour the alphabet.i didn’t actually bothered to complete it until encik sissy to the max ismail threatened to send those who never completed their work (ME!!!) to be handled by miss sim man sar.ahahaha.my next two ‘A’s were thanks to yuan wen and miew jie.ehehe.yvonne helped me to draw (and colour) the front page of my KHB folio (i didn’t do the folio either…we photostated encik ‘tandas mobil/van helsing/viagra/britney spears’ tajuddin’s copy….and i copied it in my horrible handwriting).i got an ‘A’ in that folio.haha.

it was on sunday that i learned a new skill that would be of great addition to my arsenal of “kau lui”-ing skills:waltz.ahahaha.i went over to xue er’s to learn dancing from my joget instructor:her mum!!!now i know why xue er’s a great dancer.her parents are like professionals.my jaw dropped when her dad showed me a move that i was about to master.hehe.after a few hours,i’m proud to say that i can dance the waltz!!!!you might see me in a season or two of “dancing with the stars”.to do that,i must polish this newfound skill of mine MORE often than i polish my shoes (winnie always complain that my shoes are diry).

the result of my training……

ang could not wake up on monday morning.so jeeyan had no choice but to dance with fortune!!!he’s xue er’s dog.it is a very friendly dog.it keeps me thinking about getting a siberian huskie for a pet.i’ll name it Optimus Prime.yeah.

i’ve realised that i fell in love with yvonne.its been two weeks since i saw her.during that time my monday nights were boring.how not to fall for her.she’s smart,sexy and looks hot in every outfit she puts on.

yvonne strahovski.yup,this australian beauty stole my heart.ahahaha.she did so when scarlett johansson was engaged to ryan reynolds.how could you,scarlett??you broke my heart.i swear that i will never watch ryan reynolds’ movies again no matter how good they are.

i’ve been in sitiawan for a week now and i’m proud to say that i have not done anything productive.my daily routine consists of sleeping,eating,watching tv,playing my ps (with a spoilt controller),watching tv, and going out with justin and ang.occasionally,j-cyn and other girls will join us.life here is very quiet mostly due to the fact that i don’t have to babysit the little devil.

i’m not sure but when your car tyre is like my hand: super smooth with a few lines;it would be dangerous if driven on roads,right??anyway,i like rolling with justin.haha.

jiayi celebrated her birthday last saturday at yummy house.unfortunately,i gotta go early to run errands.

jiayi’s cake

jiayi got a present from kahwai.i wonder what she got???a ring???ehehehe

j-cyn is the one of only two girls that can talk twisted stuff with me.the other girl’s identity shall be withheld (definitely not the big fat b*tch MELISSA) to protect her from unwanted attention (she has had enough of it.hehee).anyway,she later organised a trip to ipoh!!!

she got teeth already,ang.ahahah.i used to laugh at her because she does not have her two front teeth for a very long time.my mum fetches her to school every day.

she asked me to wait here.i waited since 7.10am.jiayi was the last to arrive.we then took a red bus to ipoh.

the government should improve the state of public transport for a more comfortable journey

i was very hungry (no thanks to j-cyn!!!!) so we hit the food court as soon as we reached jusco.

if i was still 12, i might terrorise the playground.ehehe

someone suggested that we should catch a movie there.however we ended up in capcom station where i played air hockey with samuel (lost a game and won 1).he’s the first guy to defeat me in air hockey. then i played another dumb game which got me sweating.

i took part in a 1100m race.

i succeeded in not becoming last from the start only for me to ‘pancit’ with 600m left.samuel was telling me i’m useless la,no energy la,low stamina la.why don’t u try,samuel??its either u break the horse or u fall flat after 100m.

we went to ipoh parade by taxi next.it costs us rm9 for a taxi.the increase of price is due to the rise of petrol prices.however,the taxi driver thinks he’s playing need for speed.even justin was afraid.go figure.

i was told that sam tet is just across the street/a stone’s throw away/10 minute walk from ipoh parade.i gave yvonne a call only for me to hear “sorry,please try later”.jiayi told me that they finish school at 3pm.oh my god.how on earth can u stay in school uniform till 3pm???aiyo.i later found out that the school canteen of sam tet serves dim sum.wtf.tat’s what i call a canteen.sigh,acs sitiawan ended up with fear factor uncle while they get dim sum.so unfair. i accompanied justin to parkson to get his formal wear.he’s coming with ang and jiayi to UNITEN.

that shirt can barely cover justin’s HUGE bum and jiayi can wear the shirt to sleep as pyjamas.that’s how small she is.i wonder how will j-cyn look like if she put on the shirt.hmmmm.

justin’s a picky guy.i left him and went straight to the toys department.

this is Hot Rod,an autobot. he later lead the autobots as Rodimus Prime after getting the Matrix of Leadership from Optimus Prime who died (for the second time).in the movie (cartoon), Ultra Magnus was chosen by Optimus to be his successor but the Matrix chose Hot Rod instead (that’s because Hot Rod touched it first).the Quintessons brought Optimus back to life twice.ahahah.i watched it again on Astro Ceria.3.30pm,monday to thursday.

the batmobile!!!but i don’t want this one

batman twin blasters!!! it appeared when batman tried to stop superman (who is under control…dumb guy,just lace something with kryptonite and there goes the man with bright red undies).

its batman’s batmobile in lego.it costs a whopping rm500++.i can easily get TWO batmobiles (one tank version which is used in the movies,another classic one which is the longer type) with that kind of money.

then,we visited cold storage.there are lots of stuff that i have never seen before.cherry coke,thai coke,jack daniels chocolates,just to name a few.but……

batman toothpaste and cologne for kids.how come they don’t sell it in sitiawan???it’s so unfair!!!!oh ya, i had a haircut winnie.its not my fault.i was forced into it.don’t harm me or my family.i will grow it back.ahahaha.it sounds like she’s gonna torture me or something.aoife prefers it short.ish

batman shampoo!!!!!

batman gel!!!!

The Dark Knight.17th July 2008.watch it!!! i wonder why superman does not have a sequel yet to the sucky “superman returns”???hmmmm.ahahaha

Omo:always white always bright!!!

he brushes his teeth with Omo!!!!

we watched “get smart” which stars steve carell (40yr old virgin).its way better than superstupidhero movie.after the movie we decided to go window shopping.

a futuristic massage chair.soon,the japanese will install wheels on it and you”ll get to see them on highways.

one of my kryptonites:CHOCOLATES!!!!!!!!!

liquer chocolates.

it contains alcohol.hehe

jams for the diabetic.

it’s a phone.

i don’t know what’s on j-cyn’s forehead but i know who’s the culprit…..

tuai tau samuel!!!he likes to bully girls now.i’m not sure why.he has lost all sense of gentleman-ness.hehe

sorry yvonne.i disturbed you during tuition class.i didn’t know you were in one until i noticed you were whispering to me.haha

sadly we didn’t make it last year because it was SPM year. if missing summer splash was not bad enough, i missed kanye west’s concert.sigh.

anyway, chiaching asked me to attend this year and i’m not planning to miss it this year.hell yeah!! i won’t be going alone with chiaching;ian,weijian,jacob,junbiao and alan decided to make a cameo appearance in what i thought was an exciting chapter in my life this year.

“wei, i might be coming.get extra tickets. justin will tag along.”

in the end, ang didn’t show up with justin. it means that i have an extra ticket. i thought my situation was bad enough, chiaching has THREE extra ticktets. one ticket admits two persons. so i asked jueanne. that was due to the fact that all the male classmates in my class decided to go back to their respective hometowns.

the june issue of seventeen magazine that i bought for RM6. turns out there was NOTHING interesting (for me) in this issue. heck, i got the magazines just for the free tickets.

yup, it was for this darn page. anyway,i got to see the 10 summer hunks in the magazine and hayden panettiere. the rest were not appealing to me.

my dad read the magazine. i’m not kidding.

if i’m not mistaken, its aileen, the editor of the magazine. my dad asked me what on earth in that magazine that interest me till i got myself the magazine. i just told him i want the tickets. i can’t lie to my dad, can i??

i had extra tickets. so i decided to ask my cousin, wilson,who happens to be here learning culinary arts, whether he wants to go or not.

me: hey,wanna go sunway with me or not???

wilson: why???

me: i got extra tickets for an event. its seventeen magazine and roxy summer splash.

wilson: what is the event for???

me: err. its about one out of 10 guys being crowned as the ultimate summer hunk.

wilson: you go there to see guys???!!! sorry la. i’m not interested. no more credit.bye!

i just can’t see why people can’t see the bigger picture. i’m not going there to drool over 10 guys, i’m drooling over the many hot girls who are drooling at the 10 guys.

my summer splash experience started a day before the event. thank you kishen for drawing me a map to reach sunway. i really appreciate it. this post will not even be posted if it wasn’t for you. i decided to drive myself a day before summer splash to sunway. i was surprised i made it to sunway without making any wrong turns. so congratulations to me!!! i watched “prom night” (dumb movie) and met up with chiaching and julie yu. if that was not enough…..

i got my picture taken with the JUSTICE LEAGUE!!! ahahaha. however, The Flash looks too buff. he’s supposed to be skinny. Wonder Woman on the other hand has too much make-up.hehe. Batman was Iranian. aiyo!!!

then i met up with the rest of the fellowship of summer splash over Starbucks. the Starbucks guy at the counter gave me invites to watch Prom Night because i ordered the dark mocha frappucino. i just watched the movie, damn it!!!

i fetched jueanne and reached sunway at 9.30am. weijian said we should all meet up and have breakfast at 10am the previous day. the only problem is, weijian is not even awake at 9.30am. sigh.i waited for ian before making our way to dunkin’ donuts. we saw wenjing there but i was afraid of calling out to her. she was with a guy. i do not want him asking her questions about me later. besides, she walks quite fast.

“HE IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND LA!!!!!!!!!”

tuantynn was clearly not amused when ian asked her whether nicholas (am i right???) was her boyfriend or not. don’t worry TTT, you are not alone who thinks he’s annoying. he annoyed me the previous day asking whether jueanne was my girlfriend or not. by the way, thanks for the donuts, ian!!!

“i like your hair. it is so wavy. i don’t like my hair when its long”

thanks alan, i like my hair too. unfortunately,my dad HATES it. i promised him i will take a haircut during my holiday but i would like to keep it for now. back to summer splash,we decided against waiting for weijian and went to line up. by the time we reached the entrance, there was a very long line formed. we had to go to the back of the line.

we were here at the back of the line at 11.50am.

these people are civilised people. they actually lined up and waited for their turn to enter.

there’s still a very long way to go even after we came out of the dark parking lot.

“what’s the difference between escalator and elevator??? they all seem the same??? where are you guys???”

yuanwen decided to tag along. i had to go pick her up at KFC in sunway pyramid because she does not know the difference between escalator and elevator. for those who are as clueless as her: escalators are motorised STAIRWAYS that you see in supermarkets and shopping complexes. elevators on the other hand, are motorised PLATFORMS that you use in hotels or skyscrappers (unless you like to use the stairs to reach your room 10 floors above). we started arguing and never stopped since.

malaysians are idiots. all the stuff about us being extremely friendly and polite are true if Pak Lah and George Bush are brothers. degenerates (there were many of them) decided to cut queues to enter summer splash. it was so crammed that i end up touching places that i do not want to touch. when you thought things could not get worse, people are coming out at the pathway that we are entering. “Beri kerjasama…beri laluan!!!”. how to give when there’s nowhere to move??? gosh, it makes my (very few) failed spot checks in school look extremely organised. when the “barrier” was lifted, everyone rushed in from all directions,pushing small children and their elderly guardians.gosh, i even had to protect a small boy from being crushed by the mob. i entered the premises with chiaching at 2.20pm.

by then, there were lots of people at the surf beach. i was in no mood to obtain materials for my blog. however, i got some pictures.

the summer hunks strutting their stuff.

the summer hunks and cover girls.

the event was hosted by hitz.fm deejay, Jien and R&B sensation, Liang. that’s what the magazine said. anyway, kudos to them for getting the crowd into things.

all of a sudden,yuanwen disappeared. so jueanne and i decided to go look for her. we stopped at the toilet for a while so jueanne can use the loo. getting there was hard as well. there were just too many people. however, i was directly behind the stage.

to be honest, the cover girls look hotter in real life. i’m serious. i was never looking forward to the crowning of the cover girls but when they strutted their stuff, both chiaching and i agree that they are hot.

the guys were doing push-ups and discussing about different workouts that sculpt their body.

since ian is not here, why not take the oppurtinity to take shots that he can’t get??

ahaha.sorry dude, the indian lady might kill me because i took shots. i got to make them quick and could not really tell you that the railing was blocking your face.

the guys were nice enough to have their picture taken. i like that guy’s hair.

since i’m in a good mood i’ll give you girls another shot.

i was damn tired just waiting for jueanne to do her business and searching for yuanwen. i decided to rest in the beach bistro where i met yuanwen.cheh.soon, the whole party came and we took a look at the menu.

wow, nipples. ahahaha.

i can’t help but laugh when i think about how to make my order.

“excuse me, can i have sex on the beach??? hmmm….i changed my mind…can i have a blowjob instead??”

chiaching and ian wanted to get into the water. i had a conversation with a member of the fellowship who asked me to join them.

friend: wei,why you don’t want to swim???

me: i do not want to smell like pee. besides, toilet got lots of people.

friend: aiya. 50% of the people there urinate there.hmmm. i also want to pee.

that is so freaking disgusting.however, i would not reveal the identity of the friend chiaching because it might bring him negative attention

we decided to eat at sunway pyramid. i left my pouch again.thank god ian took it. it seems that i’m not suited to bring stuff into theme parks. one thing’s for sure: I WILL NEVER STEP IN THE LOST WORLD OF TAMBUN EVER AGAIN!!!!

again the organisers disappoint us by their lack of organisisation. we had to walk all the way through the park and take a cab to sunway pyramid. it was late so i decided to part ways with the fellowship and head home with jueanne.

i don’t think i will come for next year’s summer splash. i do not want to be stuck in the crowd again and enter the premises after more than two hours. unless, the organisers can really organise the entry and exit points well. i have a few words to say to the following people;

chiaching: i never update you because there’s nothing to update.

alan: you have misintepreted the situation

yuanwen: hope you can differentiate escalators and elevators from now on

it’s been a while since my last post. it’s not that i don’t want to update what am i doing here but rather there’s nothing interesting to blog about. the latest buzz worth mentioning is that prince charming could live happily ever after with snow white, with a childish dwarf who’s enjoying herself at new zealand helping out the prince. go figure.

anyway, felicia has accepted her matriculation offer. she will be going to Gopeng. it means that last monday was her last day at college.

it’s a really sad affair. she’s the noise-maker in our class. she’s louder than me. everytime she’s absent, the class would be very quiet. i’m gonna miss her. there will no longer be an eye candy in my class. it’s funny how i once actually went to secondary school just because there was an eye candy in my class (not melissa the bitch…she’s not eye candy, rather a HUGE EYE SORE MADE ENTIRELY BY CHOLESTEROL and LIPIDS). i had a crush on that eye candy. that was in form 2. it was when i was in form 4 that i realised going to school means much more than looking at the eye candy.

anyway, they had her farewell party at a karaoke joint. i couldn’t go because my dad wouldn’t let me. it was organised by paulynn. all efforts of trying to change the place bore no fruit. so i gave up, congatulated felicia and wished her all the best. then i went gym-ing with my gym ‘kaki’-s at our college gym.

what do you know, april 08 intake students were having their orientation at the multi-purpose hall. from the gym, we could have a very clear view of everyone. spotted a few hot girls by the way.

digi came and gave out freebies to all digi users.haha. i got myself a goodie bag which has……

a small slingbag and other pamphlets. there were a lot of weird people in april intake students. they just add the numbers of the weird people community here.

it was prize-giving ceromony day at my school so i went there. i was in line to receive three prizes. one of them for my king scout. i don’t want to wear my uniform because i have follow a certain set of steps to receive any awards three freaking times. luckily justin decided for us to wear formal attire.

i went and met friends that i haven’t seen in a long time. the ever-beautiful yvonne har does not look like she went for NS training. she does not look tanned. j-cyn (who herself just got a bit darker) told me that she will in a few weeks time. chian woon also was not tanned. guess it’s hard for snow white to become snow brown, eh. jiayi wore a white dress which is one of the rarities of sitiawan and other classmates. notable absentee would be chiaching, chee, daryl, samuel and winnie as well as colin boo.

king scout batch 2007. the teachers have mixed reviews of my hair. Pn (maheran, yusnita,) said that my hair does not look good in the eyes of old people. Pn (siti hajar, rosma-“fly-fly”-wati and rosnah) said we (me, weijian,ian and ang) look like Fahrenheit (a chinese boy band i think). a teacher also asked me why i didn’t cut my hair. i justtold her my grandma just passed away and i’m not supposed to cut my hair for a certain period of time.hehe

another shot of us.

the contestants of “malaysia’s next top buttocks”. who has the nicest ass? do vote. ahahaha

i learnt a lesson: never give your children long names. my dad made the mistake and now my name is too long to be engraved on the plaque. it was also constantly mispelled. however, i’m proud of my unique name. anybody else has a name which its letters are longer than the alphabet?? (i have 27 letters in my name whereas the alphabet has 26!!!)

my dad and i met an accident. our car was immobilised/totalled/crushed. guess what? i’m not the driver. my dad was shocked. it was his first accident. it was raining.

if i were to say my dad has no skill, it would be a false statement. if he really had no skill, i won’t even be writing this post. heck, you might see me in a black plastic bag. so i thanked god for not taking our lives. we always complain that proton cars are soft; one punch and there would be a dent. luckily we were in my dad’s proton. the very-easily crushable front portion of the car increases the time of collision thus reducing the impulsive force which in turn had no effect on the passengers in the cabin. if we were in my honda (not so easily crushable) , i would be in the hospital.

we had to be towed. its funny how i asked my father if i could drive us back to kl and he refused. “dowan…we’ll reach home late if you drive”. well, he drived and we reached home after 6 and a half hours. who’s slower???

so people, no matter how skilled you are or how good is your car; drive slow in the rain.

this is a community message brought to you by the ministry of health and thr royal malaysian police;NOT!!!!!!!!